El Paso County Republicans flock to the polls to oust Democratic Sen. John Morse

Bernie Herpin. at the El Paso County Republican Party headquarters Thursday, will become a lawmaker if Senate President John Morse is recalled. (Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post)

The first day of early voting in El Paso County for the recall of Senate President John Morse produced some interesting stats regarding party affiliation.

Morse, a Colorado Springs Democrat who represents District 11, is facing a recall because of his support over gun issues. Although Republicans comprise only 26% of the district, they represented 45% of the early voters.

Check out the voter registration in the district among the 69,481 active voters, and turnout by party affiliation:

While the demographics are of interest, the issues are not D v. R. While the new gun laws are certainly the core of the recall effort, it’s more than that. Many of the new laws impact people regardless of party affiliation.

And as shocking as it may sound, Democrats own guns. Yes, I know. They actually do. And many of them own scary looking guns like AR-15s. And they own magazines holding more than 15 rounds. Think they weren’t offended when the Senate Democrats said the only reason to own a “high capacity” (arbitrarily defined btw) magazine is to kill a lot of people quickly.

The demographics from the recall petition signatures demonstrated that less than 50% were Republican.

The independents make up about 36% of state voters and District 11 shows a high % as well. Independent voters are quickly growing tired of Democrat policies and control. While Ds may outnumber Rs in District 11, this is far from a D v R issue.

jk80906

The local gun lovers will vote a straight radical republican ticket, since the Gagzette and the Koch brothers have convinced them that the bogeymen are coming to get their machine guns and grenades.

Pitiful bunch of red-necked neo- confederates, Gawd-slingers, retired colonels and crackpots. This is what it has come to.

dumbassliberals

Kind of like the liberals voting a straight democratic ticket so they can collect welfare, smoke pot and have abortions?

Guest

good conservatives are ones that die of cancer.

Dan Mac

jk80906,
Loosing debate, switching to insult!
Follow along here. Most “gun-grabbers”, like yourself, proclaim that any new “gun-control” legislation is a “first step”.
A first step to what?
Look to New York and Connecticut for your answer. YES on registration. Yes on confiscation.
How far will your “first step” take Colorado in this process?

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.